Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Umina Beach Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The southern end of the Central Coast: Umina and Ocean beaches on Broken Bay, the Ettalong channel, Box Head and the mouth of Brisbane Water.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Next tide
Low 12:55 am model
Air / High
16 °C / 31 °C
Wind
NNW 9 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Umina Beach is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings clear skies, wind NNW around 10 km/h, rising pressure near 1026 hPa and a high of 31 °C. Tides: high 7:06 am and 7:10 pm, low 12:55 am and 1:02 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 17 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Australian salmon
Good
The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Yellowtail kingfish
Slow
The fish thin out as the current cools; jig the deeper offshore marks and work the harbours on the warmer afternoons.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Cooler at 18 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
New South Wales requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$7.00. New South Wales fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing tailor here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Tailor page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Umina Beach today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:39), sunset (17:53), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Sat
LOW12:55 am-0.67 m
HIGH7:06 am0.58 m
LOW1:02 pm-0.53 m
HIGH7:10 pm0.74 m
Sun
LOW1:26 am-0.62 m
HIGH7:41 am0.71 m
LOW1:49 pm-0.58 m
HIGH7:53 pm0.69 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low31 °C / 15 °C
WindNNW 9 km/h, gusts 15 km/h
Pressure1026.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 18%
Sunrise / Sunset05:39 / 17:53
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~17 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Umina Beach
The best day on Umina Beach this week looks like Tuesday 29 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Tuesday, 29 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 26 Sept — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:39 to 17:53
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 24 km/h
- Rain chance
- 18%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Umina Beach: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Yellowtail kingfish
Best: December to April
The hardest-pulling fish within reach of the shore. Headlands, harbour markers, offshore reefs and the warm current in summer. The fish thin out as the current cools; jig the deeper offshore marks and work the harbours on the warmer afternoons.
Australian salmon
Winter and spring on the southern beaches
Not a salmon at all: a hard-fighting schooling fish of the surf and the bays, from WA around to NSW. Great on light gear, poor on the plate. The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
When to come: the Umina Beach calendar
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Australian salmon
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 17 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataFri, Sep 25
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Thu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 21 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by DPIRD NSW and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the New South Wales licence page before you keep anything.
Access
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales licence page has the fees.
About this water
Umina Beach is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Umina Beach: the full guide
Umina and Broken Bay
Umina Beach is the suburb at the southern tip of the Central Coast of New South Wales, on the long beach that runs from Ettalong to Ocean Beach on the northern shore of Broken Bay, facing Barrenjoey and Palm Beach across the water, with the Ettalong channel and the mouth of Brisbane Water at one end, the rocks of Box Head and Bouddi at the other, and Pearl Beach beyond. It is a beach and channel fishery at the meeting of three waters, Brisbane Water, the Hawkesbury and the sea, and it fishes from the sand, the channel walls and the rocks, and from boats through the channel. The report on this page is scored for the beach’s coordinates.
Species and seasons
Whiting are the beach’s summer fish, in the gutters and along the channel sand; tailor and salmon run the beach and the rocks in the cooler months at dawn and dusk; bream fish the channel walls and the rocks all year with the winter run to the bay; and flathead lie on the sand of the channel and the bay in the warmer months. Mulloway are the night fish of the channel and the gutters, kingfish come to Box Head and the bay in summer, squid work the weed off the channel, and luderick fish the rocks and the walls in winter. The bay outside is the Hawkesbury’s mouth and its fish come and go with it.
Reading this report here
The beach faces south-east and a southerly or a swell closes it and the rocks, a westerly flattens the bay and makes the beach and the channel fishable; the wind row tells you which. Pressure and sky build the score and the planner shows the day; the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, and the Ettalong channel runs hard on the tide, so use the curve for the direction and the Bureau of Meteorology prediction for the minute.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies, from A$7 for three days; our New South Wales licence page has the fees. The beach, the channel foreshore and the Box Head tracks in the national park are public, with ramps at Ettalong and Woy Woy; the DPIRD limits are on the page in the sources, and the rocks at Box Head are exposed and have their own safety rules.
Common questions
What can I catch at Umina Beach?
Whiting in summer, tailor and salmon in the cooler months, bream and luderick at the channel and the rocks, flathead on the channel sand, and mulloway at night.
Do I need a fishing licence at Umina Beach?
Yes. The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Umina Beach right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on How our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.